Kanako Higuchi Movies

Casshern

62/100

Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.

Achilles to Kame

74/100

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

Zatôichi

74/100

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival... See full summary »

Ashura-jô no hitomi

59/100

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and ... See full summary »

Rônin-gai

68/100

A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

Edo Porn

67/100

The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

Kagerô

65/100

A woman follows in her late father's footsteps and becomes a gambler, only to meet her father's murderer at a game.

Letter from the Mountain

69/100

An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.

Onna goroshi abura no jigoku

69/100

A young man's frequent patronage of a prostitute leads to debt.

Manji

61/100

A married kleptomaniac (Sonoko) and a younger woman (Mitsuko) begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko's husband gets involved.

Deaths in Tokimeki

75/100

Toki wa tachidomaranai

Memories of Tomorrow

76/100

A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.

The Pearls of the Stone Man

65/100

Atsushi was a dedicated and serious worker for all of his adult life. Now retired to the northern territory of Hokkaido with his wife Ryoko...

Modori-gawa

56/100

Shimanto River

68/100

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Mysteries of Ghost Ship

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Blue Train Murder Case

Goodbye: Watashi ga koroshita Dazai Osamu

Hontou to uso to tekîra

Hokkaido satsujin ryokou: Watashi no konyaku nikki

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the North Bound Murder Case